Kara Walker’s 2014 project for Creative Time, A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby – an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World on the Occasion of the demolition of the Domino Sugar Refining Plant.
Above image is a still from Creative Time’s video documentation of the project, to view click here.
It seems everyone has been talking about Kara Walker’s project at the Domino Sugar Factory since it opened to the public last year. This project was orchestrated by that fantastic NYC-based public arts organization Creative Time, whose programs promise to make a mark again this year in 2015.
Today’s success of Creative Time has a great deal to do with its president and artistic director, Anne Pasternak. Simply put, she is a star. She was the first to give the work of such acclaimed artists such as Doug Aitken, Vik Muniz and Shirin Neshat a shot at a big public show for the “average” American. Creative Time has been commissioning innovative public works in New York City since 1974. When Pasternak arrived in 1994, she was Creative Time’s one full-time employee. Today she oversees 21 employees and runs a program that other cities look to emulate.
“Anne has a laser focus in getting projects off the ground,” says Amanda Burden, director of the New York City Department of City Planning. “But she does it through this charm and sexy wit and this incredible exuberance. She’s irresistible.”
Above, Vik Muniz from the Creative Time Summit in 2010. Click here to watch a video of his inspiring talk.
This year’s Creative Time Gala will honor artist Vik Muniz on May 11, 2015. For more information about this top fundraising event, click here.
For more about the fantastic programs that Creative Time will present this year, click here.